Shelton Ray wondered if his family put too much pressure on her. That's why he thinks this ordeal is partly his fault.

"Sometimes I think about was it something that I didn't do. Something more that I could have done," he said.

He urged parents to watch their kids and talk to them to make sure they're not overwhelmed. He sent a message to his stepdaughter, telling her to keep her head up, be strong, keep reading and stay positive while she serves her sentence.

Jackson will get credit for the year she has served. She will have to serve four years probation once she gets out.

She had been babysitting Sasha Ray and three other small siblings. A 12 year old babysitting four children at once??? Yes they put entirely too much responsibility on this child. I do hope she can be rehabilitated.

<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">She had been babysitting Sasha Ray and three other small siblings. A 12 year old babysitting four children at once??? Yes they put entirely too much responsibility on this child. I do hope she can be rehabilitated. </span>

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<span style=": rgb251, 251, 253;">Did she say why she did it? This is so sad all around. </span>

Not from what i've read, i saw this on FB yesterday and i just can't stop thinking about her. I'm six years older than my only younger sibling and my mother never left me to "babysit" for more than a a few hrs, and not until i was around 14. I'd never leave a teenager with my 3yo, im wary of leaving her with adult relatives.

She needs psychological help. The parents need to be charged, another article says the children were 5, 4, 3 and 2. She shouldn't have been left to watch any of them. Her defense and her mother failed her.

not really im not sure if i care about the time. people serve more or less time for killing people all the time. my brothers friend stabbed his brother, pushed him out the door and let bleed to death. he was back home by 18.

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